County Durham: 2025 local elections

51 wards with results. Council page

Before (end of 2024) (126 seats, Open Council Data)

Labour 56 · Other 30 · Conservative 22 · Liberal Democrats 17 · Green 1

After (end of 2025) (98 seats, Open Council Data)

Reform UK 65 · Liberal Democrats 14 · Other 12 · Labour 4 · Green 2 · Conservative 1

Ward results

Karen Allison	Reform UK	1,404 ✓
Darren Grimes	Reform UK	1,364 ✓
Joan Nicholson	Derwentside Independents	659
Olga Milburn	Labour	579
Joyce Charlton	Derwentside Independents	574
Jeanette Stephenson	Labour	512
Sarah Twigg	Green	122
Kevin John Briggs	Conservative	114
Sopha Phal	Liberal Democrats	80
Garry Richardson	Conservative	77

Aycliffe North And Middridge2 seats · turnout 33.4%

Michael Stead	Liberal Democrats	1,001 ✓
Tim McGuinness	Reform UK	999 ✓
Clive Taylor-Sholl	Reform UK	887
Lindsey Aston	Liberal Democrats	807
David Sutton-Lloyd	Conservative	471
Michael Edward Murphy	Labour	438
Luke Ellis	Labour	419
Tony Stubbs	Conservative	339
Tony Beddard	Independent	106
Dorothy Bowman	Independent	94
Jonathan Stephen Park	Green	82

Aycliffe South3 seats

John William Grant	Reform UK	1,459 ✓
Nicole Louise Brown	Reform UK	1,335 ✓
Andrew Eales	Reform UK	1,287 ✓
Jim Atkinson	Labour	667
Paul Howell	Conservative	589
John Joseph Clark	Labour	556
Ken Robson	Independent	550
Toyin Ogunyemi	Labour	396
Martin Ashcroft	Independent	363
Kyle Robinson	Liberal Democrats	331
George Coulson Gray	Independent	305
John Woodward	Liberal Democrats	286
Tunde Akinsanya	Liberal Democrats	286
Tony Armstrong	Independent	227
Neale Floyd Darryl Cooley	Green	156

Barnard Castle1 seat

Chris Foote-Wood	Labour	456 ✓
Christopher Paul Bewley	Reform UK	436
Ted Henderson	Conservative	421
John Edward Hogg	Green	97
Richard Huzzey	Liberal Democrats	63

Belmont2 seats · turnout 32.4%

Lesley Mavin	Liberal Democrats	1,296 ✓
Eric Mavin	Liberal Democrats	1,256 ✓
Christopher Elliott	Reform UK	1,026
Steve Gilley	Reform UK	853
Paul Finley	Labour	733
Val Hawes	Labour	722
Joel Graham Thornton	Green	306
Gary Parkin	Conservative	158

Benfieldside2 seats · turnout 47.9%

Sandra Ruth Grindle	Reform UK	1,064 ✓
Andrew James Kilburn	Reform UK	1,007 ✓
Kevin Earley	Labour	879
Steve Robinson	Independent	783
Peter Oliver	Independent	646
Michael Wass	Labour	613
Terry Rooney	Liberal Democrats	362
Joanne Nattrass	Liberal Democrats	278
David Lowes	Conservative	216
Dan Lowes	Conservative	215

Bishop Auckland3 seats

Lyndsey Fox	Reform UK	1,870 ✓
John Paul Kinvig	Reform UK	1,713 ✓
Tom Redmond	Reform UK	1,708 ✓
Kelly Guest	Labour	949
Tessa Hope	Labour	945
Michael Siddle	Labour	934
Sam Zair	Independent	783
Mike Harker	Independent	422
Luke Allan Holmes	Conservative	413
James Peter Middleton	Conservative	392
Adeline Tchana	Conservative	246
Hannahs S J	Green	245
Joanne Marie Howey	Independent	233
Christine Thelwell	Liberal Democrats	164
Arnold Simpson	Liberal Democrats	152
John Dennis Brigstock	Independent	32

Blackhalls & Hesledens1 seat

Rob Crute	Labour	629 ✓
Gary Johnson	Reform UK	621
Neil Peter Thompson	Liberal Democrats	114
Victoria Bartch	Conservative	49

Bowburn & Coxhoe3 seats

Kyle Martin Genner	Reform UK	1,613 ✓
Gary Hutchinson	Independent	1,419 ✓
Jan Blakey	Independent	1,409 ✓
Benjamin Straughair	Reform UK	1,269
Michael Walter Watson	Reform UK	1,242
Viv Anderson	Labour	962
Shaun David Gibson	Labour	667
Lennox Walter Lauchlan	Labour	607
Catherine Marie Birchmore	Green	384
Kimberley Noble	Liberal Democrats	200
George Alexander Chissell	Liberal Democrats	188
Alexander Greenaway	Liberal Democrats	180
Dorothy Ann Luckhurst	Conservative	162
Jane McAndrew	Conservative	145
Clive Oliver Rowland	Conservative	120

Brandon2 seats · turnout 36.3%

Jonathan Elmer	Green	1,017 ✓
Priscilla Anne Bowen Elmer	Green	900 ✓
Paul Taylor	Independent	845
Andrew Fullard	Reform UK	786
Mark Leigh	Reform UK	700
Anne Bonner	Labour	503
Nick Rippin	Labour	457
Carolyn Jayne Smith	Independent	93
Billy Walker	Conservative	71
Abrial Jerram	Liberal Democrats	62
Prem Raghvani	Liberal Democrats	51

Castle Eden & Passfield1 seat

Scott Woodhouse	Reform UK	804 ✓
Mary Bell	Labour	337
Susan McDonnell	The North East Party	132
Karen Hawley	Independent	124
James Coulson	Conservative	87
David Hodgson	Liberal Democrats	46

Chester-le-Street North2 seats

Andrew Husband	Reform UK	1,139 ✓
Tracie Smith	Labour	1,082 ✓
Julie Scurfield	Labour	944
Karen Fantarrow-Darby	Independent	860
Tony Teasdale	Reform UK	765
Derek Morse	Green	230
David Brown	Conservative	199
Philip Bernard Nathan	Liberal Democrats	160
Tom Chittenden	Social Democratic Party	83

Chester-le-Street South2 seats · turnout 53.5%

Paul Stephen Sexton	Independent	1,641 ✓
Bill Moist	Independent	1,453 ✓
Geoff Dovaston	Reform UK	908
Adele Taggart	Reform UK	709
Harry Clark	Labour	519
Eileen McKnight-Smith	Labour	383
Ellie Sargeant	Conservative	217
Sebastian Leo Gran	Conservative	160
Alan Ostle	Green	151
Andrew Peter Haney	Liberal Democrats	143

Chilton1 seat · turnout 30.6%

Stephen Robert Bowron	Reform UK	523 ✓
Sue Reece	Independent	235
Angus John Ferguson	Labour	135
Julie Cairns	Independent	128
Catherine Anne Hart	Conservative	65
Carole Lattin	Liberal Democrats	28

Consett North1 seat · turnout 27.2%

Kathryn Rooney	Liberal Democrats	772 ✓
Trevor Douglas Newsom	Reform UK	537
Rob Moran	Labour	238
Will Robinson	Conservative	46

Consett South1 seat · turnout 34.2%

Dominic John Haney	Liberal Democrats	740 ✓
Michael McGaun	Reform UK	421
Phillip Marshall	Labour	139
Rachel McEnaeny	Conservative	44

Craghead And South Moor2 seats · turnout 35.0%

John Michael Cook	Reform UK	1,317 ✓
Aaron Hillam	Reform UK	1,148 ✓
Les Timbey	Labour	601
Carol Hampson	Labour	599
Neil John Bradbury	Liberal Democrats	229
Ian Davison	Conservative	122

Crook3 seats · turnout 40.0%

Robbie Rodiss	Reform UK	2,102 ✓
Paul David Bean	Reform UK	1,849 ✓
Adrian Schulman	Reform UK	1,645 ✓
Anne Reed	Independent	1,327
Mary Hall	Labour	711
Michael Beeforth	Labour	679
Mike Currah	Conservative	610
John Leslie Wilson	Labour	569
Patricia Jopling	Conservative	484
Steven Douglas Bamlett	Green	335
Geoffrey William Martin	Green	280
Nick Lion	Liberal Democrats	255

Dalton & Dawdon2 seats

Gerry Anderson	Reform UK	945 ✓
Jack McGlenen	Reform UK	876 ✓
Robert Arthur	Seaham Community Party	845
Susan Mary Faulkner	Seaham Community Party	690
Kevin Joseph Shaw	Labour	619
June Watson	Labour	554
Mark Shanks	Conservative	64
Giuseppe Enrico Bignardi	Liberal Democrats	61

Deerness2 seats · turnout 32.3%

Matthew John Burnard	Reform UK	1,259 ✓
Sean Healy	Reform UK	1,105 ✓
Marion Wilson	Labour	860
Edwin Simpson	Liberal Democrats	806
John Simon Burt	Liberal Democrats	741
Jimmy Jamieson	Labour	710
Sarah Jane Banks	Green	239
Liz Wright	Green	176
Michael Drummond Moverley Smith	Conservative	94
Wendy Frances Smith	Conservative	90

Delves Lane2 seats · turnout 37.9%

Kenny Hope	Reform UK	1,272 ✓
Jacqueline Teasdale	Reform UK	1,045 ✓
Jane Brown	Labour	620
Simon Andrew Stewart-Piercy	Labour	461
Angela Sterling	Conservative	386
Michelle Walton	Conservative	379
Nazcat Stephen Haney	Liberal Democrats	276
David Bowerbank	Liberal Democrats	219

Derwent & Pont Valley3 seats

Saffron Sims-Brydon	Reform UK	1,913 ✓
Gavin Brydon	Reform UK	1,858 ✓
Craig Thomas Marshall	Reform UK	1,761 ✓
Veronica Andrews	Labour	1,272
Declan Mulholland	Labour	1,267
Tom Hubbuck	Labour	1,059
Watts Stelling	Derwentside Independents	1,027
Alan Shield	Derwentside Independents	1,014
Eileen Elliott	Derwentside Independents	766
Richard Edwin Simpson	Green	384
Tonia Jean Atkinson	Liberal Democrats	289
Jacob Boneham	Conservative	276
Stephen Murray	Liberal Democrats	208

Easington & Shotton3 seats

John Bailey	Reform UK	1,849 ✓
Howard William Brown	Reform UK	1,752 ✓
Louise Taylor	Reform UK	1,729 ✓
Sophie Louise Brown	Independent	798
Chris Hood	Independent	743
Angela Surtees	Labour	713
Leeann Clarkson	Labour	601
Omide Deinali	Labour	527
Ivan Cochrane	Independent	479
Tom Baker	Conservative	163
Rob Moore	Independent	158
Chukwuka Okuchukwu	Liberal Democrats	156
Kye Alan Slawson-Powell	Conservative	104

Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe2 seats

David Robert Freeman	Liberal Democrats	936 ✓
Ellie Jayne Hopgood	Liberal Democrats	839 ✓
Rory Handy	Labour	660
Stacey Deinali	Labour	613
Xavier Hale	Reform UK	403
Isaac Lucan	Reform UK	381
Stephen Ashfield	Green	356
Jamie Michael Pearson	Green	215
George Carter	Conservative	114
Graham William Lee	Conservative	81

Evenwood1 seat · turnout 23.5%

Robert Potts	Reform UK	732 ✓
Becky Land	Labour	352
James Cosslett	Conservative	275
Michael Stonehouse	Green	76
Anne Woodward	Liberal Democrats	69

Ferryhill2 seats · turnout 31.7%

Paul Mountford	Reform UK	1,114 ✓
Joe Michael Quinn	Reform UK	986 ✓
Glenys Joan Newby	Independent	934
Curtis Ferenc Bihari	Labour	857
Carole Atkinson	Labour	629
David Farry	Conservative	174
Matthew Henry Choi	Green	107
Lisa Coxon	Conservative	102
Sandra Elizabeth Kirby	Liberal Democrats	84
Bob Peach	Liberal Democrats	57
John Barry Lathan	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	33

Framwellgate And Newton Hall3 seats · turnout 40.4%

Amanda Jayne Hopgood	Liberal Democrats	2,465 ✓
Mark Wilkes	Liberal Democrats	2,425 ✓
Elizabeth Pears	Liberal Democrats	2,048 ✓
Neville Forbes	Reform UK	1,173
C. Toghill	Reform UK	983
Kaye Burns	Labour	830
Rachael Perry	Labour	768
Colin Trevor Toghill	Reform UK	689
Irene Ostle	Green	432
Karon Willis	Independent	306
Carolyn Anne Baker	Conservative	243
Elizabeth Anne Marshall	Conservative	195
Matthew James Smith	Conservative	191

Horden & Dene House2 seats

Dawn Bellingham	Reform UK	1,312 ✓
John Cottier	Reform UK	1,147 ✓
Chris Cain	Labour	725
June Clark	Labour	703
Paul Maddison	Independent	165
Arlene Helen Childs	Independent	100
Owen Temple	Liberal Democrats	85
Matthew Thomas Tough	Independent	67
Nigel Jeremy Cassidy	Conservative	57

Lanchester & Burnhope1 seat

Alison Gray	Labour	755 ✓
Doug Oliver	Conservative	710
Stephen Harrison	Reform UK	563
Jeanette Williams	Liberal Democrats	79

Langley & Esh1 seat

Alex Neil	Liberal Democrats	777 ✓
Andrea Mary Brown	Reform UK	534
Michael Toner	Labour	187
Joshua James Lightfoot	Green	68
Mark Paul Shaw	Conservative	54

Lower Teesdale2 seats

Jillian Anne Campbell	Reform UK	1,075 ✓
Jasmine Fox	Reform UK	1,008 ✓
Sarah Louise Hannan	Green	726
George Morland Richardson	Conservative	666
James Rowlandson	Conservative	636
Marc Cole	Green	555
Simon Land	Labour	434
Noah Padraig McCourt	Labour	302
Wico Van Mourik	Liberal Democrats	116

Lumley & West Rainton2 seats

Alan Bell	Independent	1,581 ✓
Philip Heaviside	Independent	1,353 ✓
Adam Carter-Jones	Reform UK	844
Elizabeth Marshall	Reform UK	719
Paul Greenwood	Labour	325
Lyn Leach	Labour	301
David Alan Haswell	Liberal Democrats	152
Thomas Shanks	Conservative	140
Bisserka Ivanova Gaydarska	Green	115

Murton2 seats · turnout 37.5%

David Cumming	Reform UK	1,045 ✓
Mark Stephen Rowney	Reform UK	938 ✓
Julie Ann Griffiths	Labour	781
Robert Adcock-Forster	Labour	682
Brian Brown	Independent	322
Stephen George Robson	Independent	312
Brian Wareham	Conservative	121
Antonio Milian	Liberal Democrats	99

Nevilles Cross2 seats · turnout 36.9%

Liz Brown	Liberal Democrats	1,402 ✓
Elizabeth Scott	Liberal Democrats	1,266 ✓
Les Wilson	Labour	545
Gabriel Ridley	Labour	529
Jack Hughes	Green	476
Gary William Black	Reform UK	382
Katrina Rockett	Reform UK	314
Deborah Jane Whitfield	Conservative	172

North Lodge1 seat · turnout 53.7%

Craig Martin	Liberal Democrats	999 ✓
Darren Hawkes	Reform UK	432
Glenn James Batey	Labour	212
Krishnarajasri Krishnapillai	Conservative	37
Chris Dale	Green	36

Pelton3 seats · turnout 33.5%

Steve Biggs	Reform UK	1,767 ✓
Ian Mark Cross	Reform UK	1,748 ✓
Brian Quirey	Reform UK	1,630 ✓
Alison Joan Batey	Labour	1,428
Danny Wood	Labour	1,300
Paul Pringle	Labour	1,221
Andrew Gray	Green	263
Alan Neil	Liberal Democrats	245
Darren Whitfield	Conservative	225
Adrian Walker	Liberal Democrats	215
Nigel Van Zwanenberg	Liberal Democrats	180

Peterlee2 seats

Steven Franklin	Reform UK	1,063 ✓
Dawn Saunders	Reform UK	900 ✓
Louise Fenwick	Labour	425
Audrey Ellen Laing	Labour	384
Mary Alison Cartwright	The North East Party	326
Ray Burnip	Independent	173
Diane Howarth	Independent	172
Al Wilkinson	The North East Party	86
Michael Cassidy	Conservative	82
David Edward Hawley	Independent	77
Heather Leake	Liberal Democrats	57

Pittington & Sherburn1 seat

Rhys Burriss	Reform UK	508 ✓
Stephen Charles White	Liberal Democrats	443
Bill Kellett	Labour	356
Malcolm Colledge	Conservative	63
Maggie Tallerman	Green	54

Sacriston & Witton Gilbert2 seats

James Pickard	Reform UK	1,088 ✓
Timothy John Robson	Reform UK	1,023 ✓
Hugh Massey	Liberal Democrats	807
Andy Przybysz	Liberal Democrats	709
Emma Waldock	Labour	553
Andrew Page	Labour	500
Nicholas Leight Kasch	Green	177

Seaham2 seats · turnout 55.1%

Andrew Harrison	Reform UK	1,219 ✓
Christopher Fairs	Reform UK	1,145 ✓
Barry Taylor	Seaham Community Party	777
Rochelle Laine	Labour	747
John James Purvis	Labour	691
Stephen Wayman	Seaham Community Party	656
Stephen Jonathan Joseph	Green	151
Ian Leslie McAndrew	Conservative	150
Tolu Kolawole	Conservative	116
Rafe J Richards	Liberal Democrats	87

Sedgefield2 seats

Chris Lines	Independent	1,372 ✓
Ian Catchpole	Reform UK	1,115 ✓
Christine Moore	Reform UK	926
Elaine Peeke	Conservative	624
Lucy Ann Gibson	Labour	529
Kester Noble	Labour	501
Rebecca Margaret Dixon	Green	229
Charlotte Ann Shaw	Liberal Democrats	120
Richard Wilkes	Green	111
Philip Hugh Layton	Liberal Democrats	102

Shildon And Dene Valley3 seats · turnout 37.4%

Michael David Ramage	Reform UK	2,220 ✓
Kate Rowland	Reform UK	2,181 ✓
James Michael Stephenson	Reform UK	2,034 ✓
Shirley Quinn	Labour	849
Samantha Townsend	Labour	805
Charlie Kay	Labour	768
Fred Langley	Independent	625
Leanne Barrett	Liberal Democrats	389
Michael Shaw	Liberal Democrats	336
Jack Charlton	Conservative	282
Clive Michael Parker	Conservative	221

Spennymoor2 seats · turnout 32.9%

Liz Maddison	Independent	1,162 ✓
Pete Molloy	Independent	1,006 ✓
Ernest Spowart	Reform UK	977
William Sydney Thorkildsen	Reform UK	824
Dean Ranyard	Liberal Democrats	544
Liss Owen	Liberal Democrats	466
Stephen Francis Gilling	Labour	444
Jabez Jordon Sherrington	Labour	324
David Barry Evans	Conservative	97
Christopher Anthony Coxon	Conservative	70

Stanley2 seats · turnout 37.6%

Christine Blatchford	Reform UK	1,366 ✓
David Stanley Walton	Reform UK	1,336 ✓
James Kane	Labour	640
Carl Marshall	Labour	601
Paddy McGough	Independent	270
David Agutter Rolfe	Liberal Democrats	154
Charles Aldous	Conservative	117
Frankie Elise Ward	Independent	78

Thornley & Wheatley Hill1 seat

Neil Craggs	Reform UK	921 ✓
Jake Miller	Labour	375
Pamela Ann Askell	Liberal Democrats	65
Graham Southall	Conservative	53

Trimdon & Wingate2 seats

Mary-Lynn Franklin	Reform UK	1,361 ✓
Susan Husband	Reform UK	1,171 ✓
Lucy Hovvels	Labour	797
Paul Trippett	Labour	660
Sean Ward Ivey	The North East Party	514
Liz Temple	Liberal Democrats	186
Rathika Krishnarajasri	Conservative	120

Tudhoe2 seats · turnout 33.0%

Billy McAloon	Independent	996 ✓
Nicola Lyons	Reform UK	826 ✓
Dave Whalley	Reform UK	747
Andrew Anderson	Independent	697
Ian Geldard	Labour	479
Neil Crowther Foster	Labour	412
Beckie Ranyard	Liberal Democrats	168
Martin Thomas Brian Jones	Liberal Democrats	101
Oliver Garbutt Peeke	Conservative	98
Michael Francis Renton	Conservative	73

Upper Teesdale1 seat

Richard Andrew Bell	Conservative	808 ✓
Ian Hirst	Reform UK	522
Chris Kelsey	Labour	253
Kathleen McGough	Green	103
Florence Diana Simpson	Liberal Democrats	84

Weardale2 seats · turnout 52.4%

Anita Savory	Independent	1,331 ✓
John Shuttleworth	Independent	1,215 ✓
Paul Beattie	Reform UK	1,037
David Brown	Reform UK	1,031
Will Wearmouth	Conservative	762
Richard Lawrie	Conservative	490
Matthew James Ferguson	Green	267
Gemma Louise Holmes-Wood	Labour	250
Sally-Beth Marshall	Labour	233
Olivia Evelyn Dunn	Liberal Democrats	135

West Auckland2 seats · turnout 40.1%

Nick Brown	Reform UK	1,453 ✓
Stephen Gray	Reform UK	1,287 ✓
Robert John Yorke	Labour	906
George Smith	Labour	874
Georgia Lynne Holmes	Conservative	230
Lesley Gwyneth Zair	Independent	131
Liz Tyrrell	Green	118
Alan John Breeze	Independent	104
Alyson Hudson	Liberal Democrats	89
Alison Clare Fidgin	Liberal Democrats	78

Willington And Hunwick2 seats · turnout 38.3%

Hunt C.C.E.	Reform UK	1,336 ✓
Emma Hunt	Reform UK	1,281 ✓
Olwyn Elizabeth Gunn	Labour	763
Trevor Tinsley	Labour	610
Shiela Ann Worthington	Conservative	249
Angela Smith	Independent	241
Aidan Smith	Conservative	225
David Ata Saygi	Green	180
Geoff Moore	Liberal Democrats	174
Aaron George Calder	Liberal Democrats	134